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MONSIEUR A. BRONGNIART Originator — Brunelet 



Group — Gandavensis 

 Stock from Chamberlain & Gage 

 Bloom — Medium size (9 cm.). Tube straight, slender, medium long. Segments 



unequal, connivent; the upper horizontal and broad, the lower reflexed and narrower. 



Stamen filaments white; anthers pinkish with violet sutures. Perianth deep 



rose-pink (120-1) splashed with Lincoln red (88-1), throat lemon-white. Compact 



bloom of good substance, dainty color, and good shape. 

 Season — Mid-season to late; 105 days. 

 Spike — -Medium tall (75 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (17), branched. Two 



spikes per corm. 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, compact. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with medium broad leaves. 

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, few or none. 



MONSTER Originator — ChWd?,. Reg. A. G. S., 



1914 



Group — Childsii 

 Stock from Childs 

 Bloom — Large (12.5 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, medium long. Segments 



unequal, connivent; the upper horizontal and very broad, the lower reflexed and 



much narrower. Stamen filaments pink; anthers white with violet sutures. 



Perianth " pink, mottled salmon with a blue tinge." A good pink. Rather loose. 



Good substance for so large a bloom. 

 Season — Mid-season to late; 103 days. 



Spike — - Medium tall (70 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (11). 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 

 Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with broad leaves. 

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, prolific. 



MORNING GLORY Originator — WamajSir 



Group — Lemoinei 

 Stock from Warnaar 



Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, medium long. Seg- 

 ments unequal, connivent; the upper horizontal, hooded, and broad, the lower 

 slightly reflexed and narrower. Stamen filaments reddish; anthers violet. Perianth 

 scarlet (85-iv) blotched with crimson-red (114-iv) with a deeper medial line and 

 the slightest dash of yellow on the medial line of the blotch. Compact and of 

 excellent substance. Well arranged on the spike. 



Season — Mid-season; 75 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (75 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (20), branched. 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with medium narrow, short, rigid leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, many. 



MOTTLED AMERICA Originator — Kunderd. Reg. A. G. S., 



1914 



Group — Lemoinei hybrid 

 Stock from Wright 



Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, short. Segments 

 unequal, connivent; the upper horizontal and broad, the lower reflexed and nar- 

 rower. Stamen filaments pinkish white; anthers lilac. Perianth lighter than 

 Rose Neyron red (119-1), thickly feathered with deeper than Rose Neyron red 

 (119-1), throat intermixed carmine-violet (174-1). A somewhat loose bloom of 

 medium good substance. Not the shape of America, nor does it in any way resemble 

 America. 



Season — Mid-season; 90 to 100 days. 



Spike — Tall (no cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (17), branched. 



Habit — Erect, tall, spreading. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with medium broad leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, prolific. 



